Rail-anchor.



H. G. GILLMOR.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1915..

1x24, 1 1 39 Patented A r. 24, 1917.

5 FIG 5 E v N R KIN ifihi flirii RAIL-ARCHER.

Application filed September 17, 1915.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that, I, Hona'rlo G. GiLLaron,

a citizen of the United States, residing at lvashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful llail-Anchor, of which the following is a specification.

a This invention relates to devices known as rail anchors, rail stays er anticreepers and one of its objects is to provide a simple device which Will prevent the longitudinal movement of the rails of railways.

()ther objects are to provide for-the use of the device upon rails of more than one size without change in the device and to provide for the proper fitting of the device upon rails which may be either larger or smaller than the rail for which the device may be specially intended.

To the accomplishment of these objects and such others as may hereinafter appear, as will be readily understood by those skilled in the art, the invention comprises a rail anchor embodying the features of construction, the combination of elements and the arrangement of parts having the general mode of operation hereinafter described and claimed. 7

The preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in'which:-

Figure 1 is a side View partially in section illustrating the applicatioi'i of the device to a rail of standard size; big. 2 is a side View partially in section i lustrating the application of the same device to a, rail smaller than the standard size; Fig. 3 is a plan View of the top of the base engaging transverse element; and Fig. 4 a plan i'ieiv of the bottom of this transverse base engaging element. Fig. 5 is a side View partially in section illustrating the application of the device to rail larger than the standard size and To: 6 is a detail riew partially in section illustrating a position of the two parts when applying the device to a. rail larger in size than standard rail.

Similar lette s refer to similar throughout the several views.

In the form of the invent-ionillustrated in the drawings, f. represents the rail resting p arts upon ties or sleepers, a portion of one of Which is shown at B in Fig. 1. The rail an- Specification of Letters Tratent.

Patented Apr. 2+5, 1'.

Serial No. 51.203.

chor comprises a. base flange gripping member C and a vertical pressure producing or clamping member D. The base flange grip ping member is formed with a portion ltl engaging the upper surface of we base such as illustrated in Fig. 5, come into con tact with the edge of the rail base. The member 0 is provided with a pluralit of seats I and ii either of which ma 5' on; with the member D. One or both of tilt seats may be grooved as at L and each of the seats may present both convex and concave surfaces for successive engagement with. the member I). A concave surface of one of the seats is shown at M in Fig. and other at N in Figs. and 6. The memlm D is constructed to engage either of the stats in the member C and to engage the surfaces of these seats in succession as it moves au larly in being forced into pos'." member D has an arm 9 arranged to :11 the upper surface of the base llange O1. rail base at the side of the rail oppo' E and to "rip or clamp the rail between this arm 0 and the member C. if he arm 0 may have surfaces P lying out of the plane the surfaces Q and R of this arm.

The-device is applied to the rail by placing the member C transverse to the r: 11 with the arm E engaging the top of base flange of the rail at one side of the rail and the surfaces F engaging the bottom of the base flange of the rail. The member C is then forced into position by strikiog'it at T with a hammer or'maul to drive it transversclyto the rail. If the rail be of st dard size the member C will be in correct position when it has been driven transverse to the rail until the edge of the base or the rail contacts with the stops G, and in this tion the member D may be placed with its surface U engaging the surface N or the member (1 and the surface Q of the arm 0 wardly directed blows at the portion V of the member D and in being forced into position it will. move angularlv about first the surface N and then. the surface L. The corn vexity at P of the arm 0 of the member D permits the angular movement necessary in the member D to be-eilected more readily than would otherwise be the case and iaciliv tion mav tates the driving of this member into place. The driving of the member D continues to produce angular movement in D until the final position shown in Fig. l is reached. With the parts in this position the member C is grippim the rail and. the rail is gripped and clamped between the members (1 and D. If the rail tends to move these parts are carried with the rail until the tie engaging portion W of the member C is brought into contact with the tie B. Thereafter the further movement of the rail is prevented by the engagement of ii? with the tie B.

. Should the rail. to which it is desired to apply the device. be smaller than the standard size of rail for which the device is specially arranged to an extent which would make the lit of the parts C and D with one another such that the member D would be too looseupon the rail base and the rail therefore not etl'ectively gripped between the members C and D, the member D is made to engage with the seat I instead of with the seat K as previously described and is forced into position as described above. When engagingthis seat I the rail will be effectively gripped between the members C and D and properly held against the creeping movement as above described. The position of the parts when fitted one to the other and in place on the rail is illustrated in .Fig. 2.

Should the rail to which the device be larger in size than tlulf standard for the size for which the device is specially adapted the member C is driven by the blows at T beyond the position at which the stops .G- contact with the edge of the rail base and the stops G are in this way upset or sheared oil and deflected to the form shown by X in Figs. '3 and mation of the stops G permits the member C to be driven to a position such that the memher D may be placed as before described and as illustrated in Fig. 6 ready to'be driven into position. When being driven into position the member D engages the seat K which has the recess or groove L and since the rail A is larger than normal the stresses put upon the scat K are greater than would the case if the rail were of normal size. The groove or recess L permits the [seat K to-be deformed or upset and the distance of the seat K from the bottom of the rail to be somewhat reduced as the member D is driven into position and in the final position, illusit is desired to fit This defortrated in Fig. 5, this groove or recess L will be partially or wholly closed.

It will readily be understood that by con structing the parts in the manner illustrated and described a considerable range in r the size of rail to which the device may sat isfactorily beapplied maybe provided for.

Obviously some features of the invention may be used without others and the inven forms. within the skill of the artisan.

Therefore, without limiting the invention to the construction shown and described or enumerating equivalents, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A rail gripping part constructed with a stop which may be deformed to permit said partto be driven transversely upon a rail. y

2. A. rail base flange engaging and gripping part for rail anchors constructed with rail base edge engaging portions adapted to be changed in form to permit said part to be driven transversely upon a rail.

A rail engaging andclamping element for anticrccpers constructed with a jaw atone end adapted to engage one edge of the rail base and on the under side of the other end a plurality of seats each adapted to engage a rotatable pressure producing part.

4 A rail engaging and gripping element constructed with a seat adapted to engage a vertical pressure producing part and ar ranged to deform to adapt said part to variation in the size of the rail.

.5. A rail embracing and gripping part constructed with deformable rail: edge engaging portions and a deformable scat adapted to engage with a pressure producing part.

6. A vertical pressure producing part having an arm, adaptedto engage the upper surface of the rail base flange, said arm be ing constructed with a recessed portion ar ranged to contact with the rail base while said part is being forced into position and to be out of contact'with the upper surface of the rail base when said part is 1n position.

ltransversely disposed rail gripping element constructed with deformable rail edge engaging portions arranged to permit width variations and a horizontal "and vertical be embodied in widely varying pressure producing element constructed to engage said rail gripping element and the rail.

10. A raii ing part constructed with a plurality of seats each adapted to engage a vertical pressure 1 roducing element arranged to adapt said part to fit more than one size of rail and a pressure producing part constructed to en one of said seats and the upper suri'acc of the rail base and to grip the rail base between said part and element.

iii A rail anchor comprising a transverse rail. engaging and gm) in element constructed with a deformable seat arranged to engage a pressure producing element and adapt the parts to it varying sizes of rails and a vertical pressure producing part arranged to engage said deformable seat and the rail base and to grip the rail between i r. element and said part.

An anticreeper ior rails comprising-a transverse element having a seat upon the under side of one end thereof and a vertical pressure producing part engaging said seat constructed with an arm adapted to engage the upper surface or the rail base flange,

said arm being constructed with a recessed portion arranged'to contact with the rail base while being forced into position and to be out or contact with the upper surface of the rail base when said part is in position, and means for giving one of said parts a i l position in the roadbed as against the n ency of the raii to creep.

A rail anchor comprising a transversely applied part and a pressure producing part constructed to so engage said transversely applied part as to be movable angularly about said part and provided with recessed arm adapted to engage with the upper surface the base flange of the rail. i. A device for preventing the creeping rails comprising a transversely applied element having tie engaging means and a pressure producing part eonstructed so engage said element as to be rotatable about said element and provided with a rec ed arm ads uted to engage with the upper surface of base flange of the rail.

5. sin anticreeper for rails comprising a transv rail engaging and gripping element constructed with a deformable seat arranged to engage a pressure producing part and adapt the device to fit varying sizes of rails and a vertical pressure producing part arranged to engage said deformable seat and thorait base and to grip the rail between said element and said part.

to. A rail anchor comprising a transverse rail enga ing and gripping element constructed with a deformable seat and a pressure producing part engaging said deformat e seat and having recessed arm adapted the upper surface of the rail base.

stay comprising a rail engagadapted to engage the upper surface o1 the rail. base said arm being constructed with a recessed portion arranged to contact With the rail base edge while said forced into position and to be out of contact with the upper surface or the rail base when said part is in position.

"i8. A rail anchor comprising a transverse rail engaging and gripping element con structed with a dei' ornmble seat'and a pressure producing part engaging said deformable seat and the rail base to grip the rail between said element and said part and means whereby one of the parts is given a fixed position in the roadb'ed as against the tendency of the rail to creep.

19. An anticreeper comprising a rail engaging and gripping element constructed with a deformable rail edge engaging portion and a deformable seat and a pressure producing part engaging said deformable seat and the upper surface of the rail base to grip the rail base between said element and said part 20. A rail anchor comprising a rail engaging and gripping element provided With. means for engaging a tie in opposition to the tendency of the rail to creep and constructed with a. deformable rail edge engaging portion and a deformable seat and a part engaging said deformable seat and the upper surface of the rail base and gripping the rail between said element and said part.

21. An anticreeper comprising a rail. e11- gaging and gripping element constructed with a deformable rail base edge engaging portion and a pressure producing part engaging said element and provided with a recessed arm adapted to engage the upper surface of the rail base to grip the rail base between said element and said part.

22. A rail anchor comprising a rail gripping element having a rail base edge engaging portion which to adapt said element to rails of varying Width, a part engaging said element and provided with an arm adapted to engage the upper surface of the rail base provided with cam surfaces whereby as said part is forced into position the rail base is gripped between said element and said part and means whereby one or" the parts engages a tie in opposition to the tendency of the rail to creep.

A device for preventing the creeping oi rails comprising a raii engaging and grip ping clement provided with means for engaging a. tie and a pressure producing part engaging said element and constructed with an arm having cam surfaces adapted to enpart is being i .zz'age the upper surface of the rail base to elfect a gripping of the rail base between 5:: id element and said part when said part is forced into position.

24. A .rail anchor comprising a rail base edge engaging portions and a plurality ofseats for adapting the element to varying widths of rail base and a part engaging one of said seats and the upper surface of the rail base for grippingthe rail base between said element and said part.

26. A rail anchor comprising a rail engaging and gripping element constructed with deformable rail edge engaging portionsand a plurality of seats for adapting said element to rails of varying width of base a part engaging one of said seats and the upper surface of the rail base and means for giving one of the parts a fixed position in the roadbed as against the tendency of the rail to creep.- v

27. A rail stay comprising a rail gripping element constructed with a rail base edge engaging portion which may be changed in shape and with a plurality of seats and apressure producing part engaging one of said seats having an arm with cam surfaces adapted to engage the upper surface of the rail base to eifect the gripping action as said I x partnis forced into position.

28. A rail anchor comprising a rail en-' gaging and gripping element constructed with a deformable rail base edge engaging portion and a plurality of seats a pressure,

producing part engaging one of said seats and having a cam arm adapted to engage the upper surface of the rail base for elfecting the gripping action'of the anchor and means in the roadbed as against the tendency of the rail to creep.

H. G. GILLMOR. In presence of P. L. Rani),

M. R. WOODWARD.

for giving one of the parts a fixed position 

